End of the Affair for Zynga and Facebook?

11/30/2012 11:09AM

A new agreement between Facebook and social games maker Zynga could make the erstwhile partners into new rivals. The moves are already playing out in the stocks. George Stahl reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Zynga.

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